Old Christmas Recalled - online book

Washington Irving's description of Old Christmas, Illustrated

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	4	CHRISTMAS
			full choir and the pealing organ per­forming a Christ­mas anthem in a cathedral, and fill­ing every part of the vast pile with triumphant har­mony. It is a beautiful arrangement, also, derived from days of yore, that this festival, which com­memorates the an­nouncement of the religion of peace and love, has been made the season for gathering to­gether of family